As part of WFISD's Strategic Plan, district officials wanted to conduct a detailed analysis of building security and develop a plan to maximize student and staff safety at all campuses over the next five years.

However, since the Sandy Hook tragedy, Horton says making sure district facilities are safe for students, faculty and staff is now at the top of the agenda.

"We are going to put that to the top of the list and go ahead and go out and do all our audits immediately so we're going to start doing that at each school and then make recommendations of what is needed to be changed and to upgrade the security level at each school," Horton says.

In addition, Horton says all the schools will be looked at to see how current security measures can be improved, especially in older schools.

He says, "We might have to look at how can we upgrade it and how we can change a few things."

"It might be architectural. It might be just adding two or three devices but all that is on the table so you look at all of it," Horton says. "And then you make your recommendation and then you go from there."

A safety program is in place and drills are conducted throughout the year to make sure procedures are carried out correctly.

"When you do enough live drills like we have, they get use to it," Horton says. "They understand what's suppose to happen and that they're suppose to do. That's the most important thing, just get them the training and then practice. You have to practice, practice with live adults."

Horton says school personnel should be ready to handle any emergency situation.

The Wichita Falls Police Department have done active shooter training at WFISD schools over the summer.